IFAB And FIFA approve five substitutions but the VAR debate continues

The world of the football begins to recover his activity in full crisis of the coronavirus, and already thinks in the return of the competitions. The leagues that still work to face up to the pandemia have initiated a 'pre-season' previous to the official meetings, and organisms like UEFA attend to his evolutions to reposition Champions and Europe League. In this operation return, this yes, there will be changes ensured.

Already it is confirmed that the norm on the replacements has been modified and expanded to a total of five by party. To avoid in the measure of the possible the interruptions, keeps a very similar format to the usual, and there will be three moments to make them in each crash, in addition to the relative to the time of rest. Even if both teams coincided, each one of them would have spent one of his three 'batches'.

Besides, it specifies that the two groups will win a change and an extra movement in case to face an extention, in which, obviously, also will have of the opportunity to make those adjust of which had not done use in the statutory time. Further of the mentioned 'batch' additional, the retouchings will have to do before the first part or in the intermediate period of the lengthen.

In the last weeks had stirred this alternative, that has been approved by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the organism that regulates the rules of this sport. The FIFA move the requests that had received recently of numerous national championships -between them LaLiga- and this Friday the entity gave him green light although it left in the air the eligibility of his application in each country.

Waiting for knowing if this novelty will expand to the course 2020-21, the organisers of the tournaments will decide if they activate it in the 2019-20. IFAB Has underlined that in spite of treating of a modification of transitory character his set up can be immediate. Of this form could minimise the effects of the fatigue derived of a calendar compromido and some marked meteorological conditions by the intense heat.

Debate on if the football will go back with or without VAR

In spite of the confirmation of the norm on the replacements, still there is not agreement regarding the return of the VAR. The difficulties to implement measures of security in the room VOR could postpone his return until there are sanitary guarantees, but several sources indicate that UEFA and other organisms rectors look for solutions so that the assistant of video can follow helping to the referees in the short term.